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http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trumps-daughter-anti-semitic-designer-2017-6Ivanka Trump's daughter celebrates Jewish holiday in a dress by a designer accused of an anti-Semitic ranthttp://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trumps-daughter-anti-semitic-designer-2017-6
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 01:50:14 -0400Madeleine Sheehan Perkins
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5930cc1779474c17018b618f-2400/ap17129836225227.jpg" alt="arabella kushner" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster" data-mce-caption="President Donald Trump's granddaughter Arabella Kushner, left, stands with other children as Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2017, during a celebration event recognizing National Military Appreciation Month and National Military Spouse Appreciation Day." data-link="http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Pence-Military-Families/b79e1802871b49fa868fe83275666ed2/1/0"></p><p>Ivanka Trump's daughter, Arabella, was photographed wearing a dress designed by John Galliano, who was accused of making an anti-Semitic rant that ultimately got him fired as head designer at Dior, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4563922/Ivanka-s-daughter-Arabella-wears-dress-John-Galliano.html">the Daily Mail reported</a> on Thursday.</p>
<p><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/06/01/20/4101CD9E00000578-4563922-image-a-13_1496345022862.jpg">The photo</a> was taken while the child rode a scooter alongside her younger brother, with Ivanka and Jared Kushner following behind.</p>
<p>The family was observing the Jewish holiday Shavuot on Thursday when she was seen wearing the colorful $115 dress which prominently features John Galliano's embroidered signature, the Daily Mail said.</p>
<p>The publication said Galliano was condemned within the fashion industry after an anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar that was caught on video in February 2011. According to the Daily Mail, Galliano allegedly told two women, "I love Hitler ... People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be f-----g gassed." Galliano later lost his job as head designer at Dior.</p>
<p>Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and their children practice Orthodox Judaism. Kushner's paternal grandparents were holocaust survivors.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ivanka-trump-bio-life-fun-facts-2017-3" >From rich kid to first daughter: The life of Ivanka Trump</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:36:00 -0400Philip Sherwell
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4e020a7f49e2aed37e1b0000-400-/galliano-issues-an-apology-on-march-2-and-days-later-the-show-goes-on-as-planned-the-designer-checks-into-rehab.jpg" border="0" alt="galliano" width="400" />In his first interview since the </span><a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8354927/Christian-Dior-commence-termination-proceedings-with-John-Galliano.html">outburst in a Paris restaurant</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, he told </span><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/">Vanity Fair</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> that he does not hate Jews and that the comments reflected his own self-hatred and addiction to drink and drugs.</span></p>
<p>"It's the worst thing I have said in my life, but I didn't mean it ... I have been trying to find out why that anger was directed at this race," he told the magazine. "I now realise I was so ------- angry and so discontented with myself that I just said the most spiteful thing I could."</p>
<p>He said that he was so drunk that he had no memory of the 2011 night that he was filmed telling a group of French and Italians who he thought were Jewish that he loved Adolf Hitler and that their forefathers would have been "gassed."</p>
<p>He said: "My assistant told me about the video. When I saw it, I threw up. The feeling was like I was about to take a step out onto the street and a bus or truck whooshed past me and the blood was drained from my legs. I was paralysed from the fear."</p>
<p>The interview was the first he had ever conducted sober, he said. Of his previous drinking and drug use, he noted: "I was going to end up in a mental asylum or six feet under."</p>
<p>Galliano told the magazine that he has been taking steps to atone for his behaviour, including meetings with Jewish leaders and reading books about the Holocaust. "It sounds a bit bizarre, but I am so grateful for what did happen. I have learned so much about myself," he said.</p>
<p>The interview, in which he also talks about his troubled childhood, is seen as an important first step in the designer's campaign to rehabilitate himself. Powerful friends in the fashion world stayed loyal to him after he was sacked as head designer at Christian Dior and have been trying to prepare his return from behind the scenes.</p>
<p>But that will take some time. A workshop that he was <a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10009671/John-Galliano-to-teach-at-Parsons-in-New-York.html">asked to teach at New York's Parsons fashion school</a> was dropped after student outrage and Jewish customers reportedly "protested privately" when Oscar de la Renta involved him in his autumn 2013 collection.</p>
<p>In the excerpts released by Vanity Fair, Galliano said that he would go on drinking benders for several days, ending up with sores because he had not washed. He said he lived in such a bubble that he did not know how to withdraw cash from an ATM.</p>
<p>He said that a few weeks into recovery, Kate Moss asked him to design her wedding dress. That "saved me personally because it was my creative rehab," he said. "She dared me to be me again."</p>
<p><img class="nc_pixel" src="http://pixel.newscred.com/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0zZDNkNDI1Yjc3ZTI2NzU5Mjk3NTRlY2Y4MWFiNjUyMSZvd25lcj05NTg4MGQwMzZjNDllMmViMGNmYjM5ZTJjNDk2MDFlZCZub25jZT03MWUwNjE4OC03ZGQ0LTQ3OTgtYTVhMC05NTVjOGMwNGY2M2UmcHVibGlzaGVyPThjMDBmYmVlNjFkNWJjZjBjNjA5MmQ4YjkyZWJiY2Ex" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fashion-designer-john-galliano-says-he-didnt-mean-the-anti-semitic-rant-that-ruined-his-career-2013-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-parsons-class-cancelled-2013-5Disgraced Designer John Galliano Is No Longer Teaching A Class At Parsonshttp://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-parsons-class-cancelled-2013-5
Wed, 08 May 2013 11:23:00 -0400BibSowray
<p><strong><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4e02110accd1d5913d190000-400-/Screen-shot-2011-06-22-at-11.57.07-AM.jpg" border="0" alt="galliano" width="400" />Former Dior designer John Galliano will no longer teach a master class at Parsons in New York due to his unwillingness to discuss his career.</strong></p>
<p>It seems John Galliano&rsquo;s career as a teacher is over before it has even started.</p>
<p>The master class he was scheduled to teach at New York&rsquo;s Parsons fashion college was yesterday cancelled, and an email was sent to the establishment's students explaining why.</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are writing to follow-up on messages we shared with you on April 26 about the planned workshop with John Galliano,&rdquo; begins the email which was forwarded to <em><a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/05/gallianos-parsons-workshop-abruptly-canceled.html">The Cut</a></em> . &ldquo;It was a condition of our agreeing to host Mr. Galliano that we also hold a larger forum, which would include a frank discussion of his career. Ultimately, an agreement could not be reached with Mr. Galliano regarding the details of that forum, and so the program will not move forward.&rdquo;</p>
<p><em><a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10020106/Parsons-students-launch-petition-against-John-Galliano.html">READ: Parsons students launch petition against John Galliano</a></em></p>
<p>In the <a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10009671/John-Galliano-to-teach-at-Parsons-in-New-York.html">initial email announcing the class</a>, it was stated that students would be encouraged to interact with Galliano throughout the four days in an effort to understand the pressures faced by those who helm an international design house. On the final day, the college &ldquo;expected to invite students, faculty and staff to ask Mr. Galliano how his trajectory as a designer was changed by his offensive remarks and to learn from that example.&rdquo; But it appears the former Dior designer was uncomfortable with the prospect of talking about his hampered career openly.</p>
<p>Yesterday&rsquo;s email also hinted at the opposition felt by some of the students towards Galliano teaching at the college, saying: &ldquo;Over the last several weeks, many members of the university community wrote to express their views about this visit. Regardless of your opinion, you remind us all that it is our commitment to debate, and our willingness to support the possibility of change, that makes Parsons and The New School such an extraordinary place to learn.&rdquo;</p>
<p>As yet there is no word from Galliano&rsquo;s representative, but the situation is undoubtedly a blow to his attempts to re-enter the fashion world.</p>
<p><img class="nc_pixel" src="http://pixel.newscred.com/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT0yOWI1MWI0Mzc5OWE2MmVmNzQxYWY2NDYyMTg5ZDFlZSZvd25lcj05NTg4MGQwMzZjNDllMmViMGNmYjM5ZTJjNDk2MDFlZCZub25jZT04MjM2NDEyNS0xOGE0LTQyNTItYmNiMi1jZjBlZTRhYzg3OWYmcHVibGlzaGVyPThjMDBmYmVlNjFkNWJjZjBjNjA5MmQ4YjkyZWJiY2Ex" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-trial-2011-6" >The Rise And Fall Of John Galliano</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:09:00 -0500Megan Willett
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/511baa73ecad04283b000005-400-300/john-galliano-paris-fashion-show-bucket-hat-1.jpg" border="0" alt="John Galliano Paris Fashion Show Bucket Hat" /></p><p>Convicted <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-anti-semitism-2011-9">anti-Semite John Galliano</a> was seen on the streets of New York yesterday wearing what many would suggest was an outfit reminiscent of traditional Hasidic Jewish garb (via <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130213/new-york-city/john-galliano-steps-out-for-fashion-week-dressed-as-hasid">DNAInfo</a>) (<a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130213/new-york-city/john-galliano-steps-out-for-fashion-week-dressed-as-hasid" target="_blank">see the shocking pictures here</a>).</p>
<p>Photos of the disgraced designer dressed in a large hat and long curled tendrils to attend Oscar de la Renta's 2013 Fashion Week show in New York surfaced on Tuesday (<a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130213/new-york-city/john-galliano-steps-out-for-fashion-week-dressed-as-hasid/slideshow/popup/344497">see them here</a>). Critics pointed out that his curls looked like peyos, the curled sidelocks traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish men.</p>
<p>"He&rsquo;s trying to embarrass people in the Jewish community and make money on clothes [while] dressed like people he has insulted,&rdquo; Isaac Abraham, a Williamsburg community leader, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/oy_he_did_it_again_5stJIvOqFBmBMtK8pMUpRL" target="_blank">said to The New York Post</a>. "It looks like the hairstyle he added was done purposely to insult.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The outfit appeared to be right out of Galliano's <a href="http://www.fashion156.com/collections/john-galliano-paris-fashion-week-aw13-menswear/" target="_blank">2013 Paris Fashion Week menswear show</a>, down to the bucket hat and cropped pants. The curled hair, however, was a misguided deviation from the collection.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If it was just anyone else, I wouldn&rsquo;t know what to say," Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind told The Post. "But considering who this guy is, considering his background and what he&rsquo;s said in the past, let him explain it to all of us: Are you mocking us?&rdquo;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-trial-2011-6?op=1" target="_blank">Galliano was famously fired from Christian Dior in 2011</a> after a video of him yelling, "I love Hitler!" and anti-Semitic slurs in a Paris caf&eacute; surfaced and went viral online. He was convicted in France of making racist public insults and fined &euro;6,000. Subsequently, he was shunned by the fashion industry that had formerly embraced him.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130213/new-york-city/john-galliano-steps-out-for-fashion-week-dressed-as-hasid/slideshow/popup/344497">You can see photos of Galliano's Hasidic-inspired outfit at DNAInfo &gt;</a></p><p><strong>DON'T MISS:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/cms/posts?action=preview&mode=content&id=511ba933ecad04033b000001" >The Rise And Fall Of John Galliano</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:30:00 -0500Esther Addley
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4d67c7eb49e2aea64e010000-400-300/galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="Galliano" /></p><p>For many in the public eye, a drunken outburst like that made by the fashion designer John Galliano in December 2010 would have been a terminal blow to reputation and career.</p>
<p>"I love Hitler," he told two Jewish Italian women sitting at a neighboring table in a Paris bar. "People like you would be dead today. Your mothers, your forefathers would be fucking dead, fucking gassed."</p>
<p>The comments, which were filmed and circulated online, led to abrupt disgrace. He was fired as creative director of Christian Dior and would go on to be prosecuted over the outburst and other racist comments; France stripped him of the L&eacute;gion D'Honneur it awarded him in 2009.</p>
<p>But there are crimes against fashion and crimes against the fashion world, and when it comes to the latter, it seems, no misdemeanor is absolutely unforgivable. On Friday it emerged that the 52-year-old Briton is to make a tentative return to the fashion establishment, undertaking a temporary residency at the studio of Oscar de la Renta in New York.</p>
<p>"I am grateful to Oscar beyond words for inviting me to spend time with him in the fam iliar surroundings of a design studio," the shamed designer said of the short-term placement. "His support and faith in me is humbling.'</p>
<p>De la Renta added: "John and I have known each other for many years and I am a great admirer of his talent. He has worked long and hard on his recovery and I am happy to give him the opportunity to reimmerse himself in the world of fashion and reacclimate in an environment where he has been so creative."</p>
<p>The arrangement was brokered by Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of US <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/vogue" class="hidden_link">Vogue</a>, <a href="http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/gallianos-comeback-oscar-de-la-renta-is-helping-the-designer-reimmerse-himself-in-the-world-of-fashi?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_medium=referral" title="">it was reported</a>, who is a friend of both designers and is said to have first suggested the residency.</p>
<p>Galliano, who was born in Gibraltar and grew up in south London, has not been without supporters during his exile &ndash; Kate Moss, a longtime friend, pointedly chose him to design <a href="http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/pictures/34161/39/the-wedding-of-kate-moss-jamie-hince-kate-moss-wedding-kate-moss-jamie-hince-wedding.html" title="">her wedding dress</a>. The influential US stylist Patricia Field said his remarks were no more than "theatre", and sent out emails headed "In praise of John Galliano". Sir <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/philip-green" class="hidden_link">Philip Green</a> was <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/07/08/john-galliano-for-topshop" title="">even reported</a> to be trying to coax him into designing a collection for TopShop.</p>
<p>Galliano himself dismissed those rumors, saying his "only focus for the foreseeable future was concentrating on his rehab". The designer had blamed his behavior on a catastrophic alcohol addiction, saying his racist insults were "not views I hold or believe in. In the video I see someone who needs help".</p>
<p>In comments to Women's Wear Daily, Galliano said: "I am an alcoholic. I have been in recovery for the past two years. Several years prior to my sobriety, I descended into the madness of the disease. I said and did things which hurt others, especially members of the Jewish community. I have expressed my sorrow privately and publicly for the pain which I caused, and I continue to do so. I remain committed to making amends to those I have hurt."</p>
<p>While Galliano's contrition will inevitably provoke some cynicism, the US-based <a href="http://www.adl.org/" title="">Anti-Defamation League</a>, which campaigns against antisemitism, told Vogue, which first reported the story, that it was content the designer had learned from his disgrace. "We believe that individuals can change their hearts and minds as long as they demonstrate true contrition," said Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director.</p>
<p>"Mr Galliano has worked arduously in changing his world view and dedicated a significant amount of time to researching, reading and learning about the evils of antisemitism and bigotry. Along his journey to recovery he met with us on numerous occasions. He has accepted full responsibility for his previous remarks and understands that hurtful comments have no place in our society."</p>
<p>As for the fashion establishment, Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue said most people would be "entirely enthusiastic" about Galliano's return. "Certainly the people I have spoken to are delighted to hear that he has been given a new opportunity," she said. "John Galliano has a very particular take on fashion that is nostalgic and luxurious and very beautiful. I think it is the beauty of his work that is a huge part of his appeal. It is often not the most commercial sensibility but it is extremely individual and desirable and I imagine will merge well with Oscar's aesthetic."</p>
<p>It would be "helpful" for the designer to make a small-scale return with the support of someone of the stature of Oscar de la Renta, she said, but with the placement initially due to last only three weeks, Galliano's rehabilitation as a force in fashion has some way to go yet.</p>
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<p><img class="nc_pixel" src="http://pixel.newscred.com/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT05NjQzOWNlNDYxMTFkOGVmNjY4MTE0Yjg4M2E0ZGQ5MyZvd25lcj01ZGYyMDgwZWQ3Y2QxN2VjMjVhYWU2ZTkwYWU2MzNmMiZub25jZT00OTAxMTc2My0wNGFiLTQ1YjMtYmEyMi00NjlhMjQ1MGNiYjQmcHVibGlzaGVyPThjMDBmYmVlNjFkNWJjZjBjNjA5MmQ4YjkyZWJiY2Ex" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-trial-2011-6" >The Rise And Fall Of John Galliano</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:07:00 -0400Julie Zeveloff
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4d67c7eb49e2aea64e010000/galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="Galliano" /></p><p>Fashion designer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-trial-chauffeur-2011-06">John Galliano goes on trial</a> today<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-racist-rant-anti-semitic-video-2011-2"> for anti-Semitic and racist comments</a> made on two separate occasions in the past year.</p>
<p>The designer, 50, who was fired by fashion house Christian Dior shortly after news of the second tirade hit papers in February, faces up to six months in jail and a fine of around $32,000 if he is convicted, <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.designer.trial/">according to CNN.</a></p>
<p>He is <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/bluecarreon/2011/06/22/a-timeline-of-john-gallianos-rise-and-fall-from-grace/">expected</a> to blame his behavior on drug and alcohol addiction.</p>
<p>Galliano, known for pushing the boundaries of fashion, is no stranger to controversy.</p><h3>Galliano's first collection, inspired by the French Revolution, launches in 1984</h3>
<p><p><iframe width="590" height="344" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8betvB-mMVs"></iframe></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>With Anna Wintour's help, Galliano is hired by LVMH as the designer of Givenchy in 1995, becoming the first British designer to head a French haute couture house. He moves to Dior less than two years later</h3>
<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4dcaa3db4bd7c89a50220000-400-300/with-anna-wintours-help-galliano-is-hired-by-lvmh-as-the-designer-of-givenchy-in-1995-becoming-the-first-british-designer-to-head-a-french-haute-couture-house-he-moves-to-dior-less-than-two-years-later.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><em><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/bluecarreon/2011/06/22/a-timeline-of-john-gallianos-rise-and-fall-from-grace/">Source</a></em></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>In 2001, Galliano receives a Commander of the Order of the British Empire award from the Queen for his services to the fashion industry</h3>
<img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4e02102c49e2ae1013120000-400-300/in-2001-galliano-receives-a-commander-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-award-from-the-queen-for-his-services-to-the-fashion-industry.jpg" alt="" />
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-trial-2011-6#galliano-presents-breathtaking-collections-for-dior-throughout-the-2000s-including-an-egyptian-inspired-collection-in-2004-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-trial-chauffeur-2011-06John Galliano's Chauffeur Was Trained To Phone A Lawyer Whenever The British Designer Had An "Argument"http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-trial-chauffeur-2011-06
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:58:00 -0400Adam Taylor
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4d6d140849e2aeca24100000/galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="galliano" /></p><p>British fashion designer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-arrested-anti-Semitic-2011-2">John Galliano's trial for anti-Semitic remarks</a> starts today, and new information about Galliano's chaotic life are coming out.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2006736/John-Galliano-lawyer-trained-phone-lawyer-got-heated-argument.html">The Daily Mail </a>reports that Galliano was so prone to drunken outbursts that his chauffeur<br /> was trained to phone a lawyer "when the f**** began to fly".</p>
<p>According to court papers the chauffeur -- who drives Galliano around Paris in a NYC yellow cab -- tried to put the victim of Galliano's anti-Semitic rant on the phone to the designer's lawyer.</p>
<p>Anti-Semitic remarks are illegal in France and the designer may face jail time <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/22/france.designer.trial/">if found guilty</a>.</p>
<p>Galliano was reportedly addicted to drink and drugs at the time of the video, taking Valium "<a href="http://fashionista.com/2011/06/john-galliano-to-stand-trial-today-lawyer-says-he-took-pills-like-candy/">like candy</a>" to cope with stress. He has since spent time in rehab.</p>
<p>The star's outburst was filmed and resulted in him <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/natalie-portman-dior-john-galliano-2011-3">losing his job at French label Dior</a>.</p>
<p>Galliano's lawyer, Aurelien Hamelle, said: "Some things may have come out of his mouth that didn't come from his brain."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/galliano-trial-chauffeur-2011-06#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/charlie-sheen-talk-show-snl-video-2011-3SNL: Presenting Charlie Sheen's New Talk Show 'DUH, WINNING!'http://www.businessinsider.com/charlie-sheen-talk-show-snl-video-2011-3
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:53:00 -0500Steven Loeb
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4d732a104bd7c8f244170000/snl-sheen.png" border="0" alt="SNL Sheen" /></p><p>What would it look like if <strong>Charlie Sheen</strong> got his own talk show?&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pretty frightening, actually.</p>
<p>Naturally, it would be called "Duh! Winning!" and it would be&nbsp;"a show for people who are tired of apologizing for their bitchin, narly, rockstar lives. And are ready to celebrate being highly evolved warlocks."</p>
<p>The show would be brought to you by Tiger's Blood and Baby Urine ("Got a drug test coming up? Reach for some nice, clean Baby Urine!") and his bandleader would be Christina Aguilera, who really got arrested for "public intoxi-WINNING."</p>
<p>Sheen would then interview all of this week's "winners", including John Galliano, Lindsay Lohan and Muammar Gaddafi, who Sheen seemed to really identify with.</p>
<p>"You've been a star dictator on a hit country for 42 seasons. Without you nobody even talks about Libya. I mean, who are they going to replace you with? An elective democracy? John Stamos? Come on!"</p>
<p>At then end of the show, according to the scoreboard, it was Sheen: 10,000, Trolls: 0.</p>
<p>Now that's what I call winning!</p>
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Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:06:07 -0500Isabel Wilkinson
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span class="articlebyline"><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4d6d140849e2aeca24100000/galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="galliano" />The designer, who was fired from Christian Dior, will now stand trial for his anti-Semitic slurs, the Paris public prosecutor&rsquo;s office announced Wednesday. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span class="articlebyline">Earlier today, the designer spoke out for the first time to issue a public apology. He has also asserted the grounds for a defamation case, saying he was the subject of an &ldquo;unprovoked assault.&rdquo; </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span class="articlebyline"> Galliano has reportedly been persuaded by Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell to check into The Meadows Rehab Center in Arizona immediately. Karl Lagerfeld, meanwhile, condemned Galliano on Wednesday, saying "I am furious." But a question remains: what&rsquo;s next for Dior? <em>Isabel Wilkinson</em> reports. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span class="articlebyline"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-02/john-galliano-fired-by-dior-and-checking-into-rehab/">Read the full post at The Daily Beast &gt;</a><br /></span></strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-02/john-galliano-fired-by-dior-and-checking-into-rehab/#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/natalie-portman-dior-john-galliano-2011-3FIRED: Dior Dumps John Galliano After Anti-Semitic Ranthttp://www.businessinsider.com/natalie-portman-dior-john-galliano-2011-3
Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:54:55 -0500Megan Angelo
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4d6d140849e2aeca24100000/galliano.jpg" border="0" alt="galliano" /></p><p>Once hailed as one of high fashion's most formidable visionaries, <strong>John Galliano</strong> is <a href="http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/03/01/john-galliano-fired-dior-natalie-portman/">out</a> on his couture-clad butt today.</p>
<p>Dior had already suspended the designer after he was arrested for assault last month. But when a video of a drunken Galliano making anti-Semitic comments surfaced, the design house put the nail in his career coffin.</p>
<p>It didn't help that newly-minted Oscar winner Natalie Portman slammed Galliano in WWD, saying that his comments "deeply shocked and disgusted" her. (Portman is the current face of Dior perfume Miss Dior Cherie.)</p>
<p>Galliano faithful had already turned on him by the end of awards season. Though he's normally a red carpet go-to, only Nicole Kidman stuck by Galliano, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1361346/OSCARS-2011-Nicole-Kidman-stands-John-Galliano-Christian-Dior.html">wearing</a> a cream column with metallic embroidery he designed.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/natalie-portman-dior-john-galliano-2011-3#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-racist-rant-anti-semitic-video-2011-2I LOVE HITLER: John Galliano's Racist, Anti-Semitic Rant At La Perle Caught On Camerahttp://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-racist-rant-anti-semitic-video-2011-2
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:36:34 -0500Danica Lo
<p>The UK's <em>Sun</em> has obtained this video, recorded at <strong>La Perle</strong>, wherein <strong>Christian Dior</strong> creative director <strong>John Galliano</strong> spews anti-Semitic remarks at a couple at the adjoining table.</p>
<p>The moment was captured by a friend of the couple.</p>
<p>In it, Galliano is seen slurring his words, but clearly stating: "<strong>I love Hitler</strong>" and "People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f****** gassed."</p>
<p>Last week, Dior suspended Galliano over <a href="http://racked.com/archives/2011/02/25/christian-dior-suspends-john-galliano-ahead-of-paris-fashion-week.php">his arrest at the Paris bar</a> where police reports allege the designer assaulted a couple and made anti-Semitic remarks.</p>
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<strong>UPDATE:</strong> Looks like last week's altercation at La Perle was not the first time Galliano's spewed anti-Semitic rhetoric. As a commentator points out, the <em>Sun</em> story indicates this video was not taken at last week's altercation/incident, but in a <em>separate</em> incident where Galliano freely declared, "I love Hitler."</p>
<p><em>This <a href="http://racked.com/archives/2011/02/27/video-john-gallianos-racist-rant-at-la-perle-caught-on-camera.php">post</a> originally appeared at <a href="http://racked.com">Racked</a>.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/john-galliano-racist-rant-anti-semitic-video-2011-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p>